2015: Over 3000 Pro-Jonathan Crusaders Storm Abuja

President Goodluck Jonathan
 

As 2015 general election approaches a lot of political gladiators are drumming support for the re-election of incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan, recently no few than 3000 supporters of his supporters storm Abuja to ask him to declare his intention to seek re-election. read the full details below

From Thisday Newspaper
       
No fewer than 3000 supporters of President Goodluck Jonathan weekend stormed the streets of Abuja, demanding the he declare his intention to seek another tenure in office. 

The rally which was organised by former deputy governors of Nigeria, under the auspices of Mass Movement for Goodluck 2015 (MMG) followed the inauguration of the group and investiture of its Board of Trustees (BoT) members.  

National Coordinator of the movement, Kenneth Ibe-kalu in his remarks said President Jonathan performed very well and deserved to be re-elected in 2015.

Ibe-kalu said Jonathan had demonstrated that the present administration was committed to transforming the electoral system ahead of the 2015 polls.

“What makes MMG number one support group for Jonathan 2015 is that we are not just looking at the 2015 general elections. We are looking beyond 2015. What we stand for is good governance and that is why after President Jonathan must have been re-elected next year and finish his four year term in 2019, the forum will continue. We are mobilising in order to instil values into Nigerians,” he stated.

Also speaking, a former deputy governor of Osun State, Erelu Olusola Obada who was  in the company of former Ogun state deputy Salmat Badru and her Plateau state counterpart Pauline Tallen, vowed to mobilise for the President’s electoral success.

Obada said that the Osun State chapter of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), would deliver victory for the party's presidential candidate, despite losing the August 9 gubernatorial election in the state.

“We had a very good show despite the fact that the present governor is an incumbent, a level playing ground was created and Osun people came out en mass to vote,” she said.

She explained that lots of efforts were made to reconcile aggrieved persons in the state chapter of PDP and bring them back to the party but it proved abortive.

On the massive presence of security during the election, Obada said "There is nothing like militarisation of election, during the 2011 election, many PDP members were matcheted, some were chased away, the heavy security presence during the just concluded governorship election created a level playing field for people to come out to vote and it helped us to avert the violence that we witnessed in 2011 in the state."